Constitution of Village Water and Sanitation Committee (VWSC)

(1) The Village Water and Sanitation Committee (VWSC) constituted under Jal Jeevan Mission programme shall continue to function as such. It shall carry out the various functions envisaged under the Act under its domain and shall wherever needed recommend to the District level Board through the Executive Committee on matters connected with the drinking water catchment areas and their protection. (2) The Committee constitution shall be as follows: (a) It shall consist of 10-15 members, comprising of elected members of Panchayat up to 25% of the composition out of which, 50% shall be women; and remaining 25% shall consist of Gaon Burahs or Senior members or Literate members or Government retirees, to be decided by the Gram Sabha. For proper and effective functioning and management of VWSC, the Gram Sabha may co-opt the headmaster or a teacher of the nearest school and the Junior Engineer of PHE&WSD as members of VWSC. Ordinarily, the tenure of sub-committee shall be for 3 years and Gram Sabha will have option to reconstitute or renew the sub-committee with approval of 80% of the households in the village. (b) Land owner/Donor shall be ex-officio member of the VWSC. (c) The Chairman of the Committee would be the Chairman of Gram Panchayat or any elder in the village chosen by the Gram Sabha. (d) The Member Secretary of the Committee shall be selected by the Members of the VWSC.